Trousers-stretcher



(No Model.)

WA. 8: H. S. ROLLINS.

TROUSERS STRETGHER. No. 375,100.

Patented De'ofZO, 1887.

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WALTER A. ROLLINS AND HARRIS ON S. ROLLINS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TROUSERS-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 37 5,100, datedDecember 20, 1887.

Application filed Qctoher 8, 1886. Serial No. 215,751. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WALTER A. Romans and HARRISON S. RoLLINs, citizensof the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Apparatus forStretching Pantaloons and other Garments, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of our invention is to provide a more convenient, economical,and expeditious means than formerly employed for restoring distortedgarments to their proper shape, which we attain in the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows thedevice complete, the dotted continuous lines representing it inanother'position, hereinafter referred to. Fig. 2 is a side view of thejoint E F G, ends of clamps, 8w.

Similar parts are indicated throughout by similar letters.

In the complete drawings, Fig. 1, A A represent clamps of wood or metal,(preferably the former,) the upper and lower parts of which are boundtogether with screws .and thumb-nuts at or near their ends I I I I.

B B and C C are side bars, (by preference made of light fiat iron, butcapable of being constructedof any inelastic material,) which have holesin their outer ends, or hooks formed thereon, through which the screwsat I I I I pass, thus securing them to clamps A A. These side bars, B Band G O, arejoined at or about their middle by the joint shown in Fig.2. This joint is formed by two similar parallel clips or bars, B B, oneon the lower and one on the upper side of the inner ends of bars B B andG 0, being loosely pivoted to same at E E and G G, but solidly fastenedto cross-bars D D at F F. The inner ends of side bars, B B, are rounded.The inside corners of the inner ends of C G are also rounded; but asquare shoulder is formed upon the outside corners of same,substantially as shown. The cross-bars D D overlap each other at theirjunctionin the middle of the apparatus, and are bound together at M by athumb screw and nut or other suitable device.

H H are light stay-chains, either fixed permanently or hooked, as may befound more convenient, to clamps A at K K and to side bars, B B, at L L.These stay chains, it will be seen, serve to limit the outward movementof the side bars and prevent such bars from moving outward at theirinner ends beyond the desired point.

J is a hook or ring by which the device may be hung up.

The operation of the stretcher is as follows: The thumb-nut at M beingslightly loosened, the cross-bars D D are depressed at their center bydrawing them away from the end upon which the stay-chains are fixed,thus decreasing the distance between clamps A A by drawing them towardeach other and causing the entire apparatus to assume the positionindicated by the dotted lines. The top halves of clamps are then removedentirely, or merely swung around on one of the points I after rcmovingit from the other. The garment to be stretched is then placed on thelower halves of clamps A A, their upper halves returned to position andscrewed down, the cross-bars D D returned, as nearly as the nature ofthe garment will permit, to position shown in solid lines, and thethumb-nut at M tightened to hold them fast. The apparatus is then hungup by hook or ring J.

Having thus described our invention and its operation, we claim as newand desire to have Letters Patent issued to us for- 1.' In agarment-stretcher, the combination of the end clamps, the side bars, B0, arranged in pairs andehaving one end connected with the clamps A nearthe ends of the latter, joint-bars B, pivotally connected at theiropposite ends with inner ends of the side bars, and means whereby tosecure said joint-bars in their different adjustments with reference tothe side bars, substantially as set forth.

2. In a garment-stretcher, the combination, with the end clamps and theside bars, B and C, of the joint-bars B, the cross-bars D D, and a clampforconnecting the adjacent ends of said bars D D, substantially as setforth.

3. In a garment-stretcher, the combination, with the clamps, the sidebars, the cross-bars, and connections between the side and cross bars,of the stay-chains H, and a clamp for connecting the inner ends of thecross-bars, substantially as set forth.

WVALTER A. ROLLINS. HARRISON S. ROLLINS. Witnesses:

D. D. DURHAM, H. A. SULLIVAN.

